my pregnant molly

I need to know if she is ready to give birth and what I need to do. :'(, kinda stressing out myself. this is the first time I have her pregnant, and I recently got her. please help me

 

HI iamatrini,

She can look incrediable pregnant for over 1 week, depending on her age and how many fry she is carrying. She is also likely to give birth every 3 weeks, for around 6 to 8 times. This can occur even without a male in the tank.

I have noticed that this is a good time to NOT overfeed her. I have had a few that were due to deliver and I think that overfeeding them at that time can make delivering much harder on them. (I lost a few pregnant females).

kitty2234

 

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What size tank is she in? Are there any other fish? Do you plan on keeping the fry?

 

pH is 6.5. and I don't have a test kit :'( and yess I would love to keep the babies. but I don't want any of my fishes eating them

 

Welcome to Fishlore.

I am assuming that your tank size is 70Liters, and not 70Gallons as your temperature is in Celsius. With this in mind, having angelfish and bala sharks there will be no survivors if kept in the same tank. In fact, 70 liters works out to about 19 gallons. A tank this size is too small for a single angel or the shark. Do you have another tank for them?

Good luck.

 

yes I have one for the fry(if I get any) and the bala shark and the angelfish are both very young and small. and yes it is in litres and in Celsius

 

Thread moved to the Freshwater Fish Forums/Livebearers/Molly forum.

 

she looks super huge compared to before and now her scales are not as usual as the are now sort of poking out. hope I get sum babies soon

 

she died . no fry were born.

 

Sorry you lost your fish, If her scales where sticking out, that sounds more like dropsy then pregnancy.

 

Sorry you lost your fish, If her scales where sticking out, that sounds more like dropsy then pregnancy.

agreed. sorry for your loss. Just for future reference, if you would like to keep fry, I suggest getting some floating plants, (living or silk, your call,) to provide cover for the fry. I am on my second batch of Balloon Molly fry. The first time I didnt have any cover and was only able to save 9, this time, (with cover,) 25-30. And their still coming!!!!